A cooks dream. If you want to stir fry something well this is a beautiful wok with perfect curvature so things slide up and down quickly. Uses less oil, retains heat so you can sear beautifully and is easy to clean.This has a thick black coating which surprized me because the white enamel pots heat to an even higher temperature but I suspect the black coating is more nonstick which helps when you stir fry with less oil. Having a good heavy duty wok is really worth it because it heats and retains heat at very high temperatures without a metal and air and food reaction and the coating prevents rusting and chipping. I also used the wok to make hoppers or Appams, a kind of eggless crepe that has a concave shape.Lovely. It's also great for indian curries because it somewhat simulates a traditional Kadai. I dont recommend it for deep frying- its too big and needs too much oil. Lovely for tossed pastas too.